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Pax Romana, Or Roman Peace

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Pax Romana, or Roman Peace, was a period of about 200 years beginning with the reign of Augustus and ending with the death of Aurelius. The amount of time doesn’t matter, what does is how such a peace came about. It started with Augustus’s pledge to restore the former republic. However, those were just words, what he really did was reform the entire government into one where a single person held all power. Augustus was smart, he didn’t just declare a new position for himself he instead slowly and subtly took on the responsibilities of various other positions. Augustus also kept his word to his generals. He granted them land for completing their time of service and promoted the growth of cities and self-government (pg. 157). He promoted
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